SELL MORE PRODUCTS ONLINE STEP FOUR ATTRACTING CUSTOMERS TO YOUR SITE PART 2 jane hamill 1
YOUR CONTENT MARKETING STRATEGY 2
CONTENT: THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING Posted August 26, 2011 and still in the top 2 for organic traffic to my site
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BEST STRATEGY #1: Q&A, #ASK You answer questions from your community My favorite strategy EVER – it’s the easiest in many ways Never have to come up with content, they give it to you Easy to do in ANY format – video, written, podcast, screenshot videos People LOVE it 5
BEST STRATEGY #1: Q&A, #ASK 6
Q&A examples 7
BEST STRATEGY #2: VIDEO Can be live or taped Can be talking head or screenshot Less prep time than writing articles Use bullet points and just start talking You’ll get a LOT better with practice YouTube, Facebook, FB LIVE, Periscope, always get posted to your blog 8
CONTENT: THE POWER OF VIDEO Made this ONE video Uploaded it to YouTube on Feb. 1, 2012 Never touched it again Consistent traffic to this day with NO effort 750 Likes 117, 854 views!
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how to use it for YOUR business 11
23+ million views 304,000 subscribers Marie Forleo - Marie TV 12
STRIVE FOR PROGRESS / BE REALISTIC “ I did MarieTV for over a year before we really started to see significant list building and viral sharing happening from our videos. ” “Consistency” “Don’t give up” “Focus on quality over quantity”
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BEST STRATEGY #3: LISTICLES / CURATED CONTENT Consider the idea of NEVER needing to come up with brand-new content at all You can become a curator of other people’s content and still provide terrific value and info for your community Only YOU can interpret what happens around you in YOUR way That has value! It has the KLT factor (know, like, trust) You save people time and energy – you’re the sieve Why not get the info from YOU? If I think you “get” me, I’ll get it from you 15
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CURATED CONTENT 17
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LISTICLES 19
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examples of listicles 21
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GETTING HELP K eep asking yourself… “What can I NOT do?” 23
GETTING HELP Resources for getting help and outsourcing Fiverr Upwork Task Rabbit (real people in your city) Clarity - get expert advice by the minute YouTube Space – certain cities only 24
GETTING HELP You don’t have to do it all yourself! What can you outsource? Research Formatting and posting blog posts Editing Video and audio editing Photo research, sizing and uploading Creating graphics for your site, blog or social media Formatting documents and PDF’s Creating Infographics Photo descriptions (3 different places to describe the photo – for SEO ) 25
UPWORK 26
OUTSOURCING THE HEAVY LIFTING 27
UPLOADING PHOTOS 28
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